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Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 Review

4.5 / 5

The good:

Huge storage space, Large cache, Price

The bad:

Only 5900 RPM, Slow speed over the span of hours

If you truly care about storage space and you want a reliable solution to keep things going on your computer, the Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 might be the perfect addition to your PC. Whether you are interested in a drive that will be used on a regular basis or if you need something for backup, Seagate has you covered with this product. In the past few years, hard drives with increasingly larger storage capacities have reached the market and the 8TB mark is now the top of the line. Thus, this hard drive is a must-have for someone interested in both space and additional features.

First of all, you might want to take note of the product’s name itself. The Seagate Archive name implies the hard drive has a specific purpose, even though the company doesn’t use the well-known colored labels of WD. The Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 is ideally directed towards archive use, but it is not crucial to leave it work like that. However, the best results are attained if you rely on this storage solution as an almost permanent destination for your files.

Many reports have indicated the Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 is especially efficient if you need to write small bursts of files. The same applies when it comes to reading, as you can easily access smaller files. However, things get a bit more complicated if you need to extensively put the hard drive to work. On the other hand, it’s quite understandable that when you constantly copy files to a HDD over the span of 20 hours, you will experience a reduction in terms of writing speed.

The Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 is able to write content at speeds greater than 100MB/s, but this is definitely not something you will achieve over a prolonged period of time. Initially, the speed will drop at a faster pace, whereas over time it will stabilize itself. If you were to benchmark the drive and allow it to constantly copy files for 20 hours, you will end up with a writing speed of about 45MB/s, which is still quite decent.

You should not forget that this hard drive works at 5900 RPM and not at 7200 RPM. However, the lower speed is still great when you decide to put this HDD to work. The 128MB cache is ideal for the 8TB storage space. In the end, it’s worth mentioning the Seagate Archive HDD 8TB 5900 RPM 3.5" 128MB ST8000AS0002 designed by Seagate is not a hard drive that is perfect from any point of view. However, it’s important to remember its purpose: that of storing files in the shape of a backup, and not something you necessarily access each day. If you go on with the first method, you will hardly be bothered by the decreased write speed over a span of several hours. In the end, you pay an extremely great price when it comes to GB per dollars.